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Prateek1
Obsidian | Level 7

hi,

 

proc sql;
create table NZ AS
Select Olympicscs1.Probability,Olympicscs1.Account_Name as Client,Olympicscs1.Champ,Olympicscs1.Last_Modified_Date as Modified,
format MMDDYY8.,Olympicscs1.Deal_Comments,Olympicscs1.Tot_Budget format dollar20., Olympicscs2.Digi_Budget format dollar20.
FROM Olympicscs1,Olympicscs2
Where Olympicscs1.Probability=Olympicscs2.Prob_Digi and
Olympicscs1.Account_Name=Olympicscs2.Account_Name and Olympicscs1.Probability NE 0
ORDER BY Olympicscs1.Probability;
quit;

 error:

Syntax error, expecting one of the following: a quoted string, !, !!, &, (, *, **, +, ',', -, '.', /, <,
<=, <>, =, >, >=, ?, AND, AS, BETWEEN, CONTAINS, EQ, EQT, FORMAT, FROM, GE, GET, GT, GTT, IN, INFORMAT,
INTO, IS, LABEL, LE, LEN, LENGTH, LET, LIKE, LT, LTT, NE, NET, NOT, NOTIN, OR, ^, ^=, |, ||, ~, ~=.

ERROR 200-322: The symbol is not recognized and will be ignored.

 

what should be the code ?

 

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againreddy
Obsidian | Level 7

In Below highligted column, there is a comma after the column "modified" . Probably you may need to remove it and add it at the end of  "format mmddyy10.".

 

proc sql;
create table NZ AS
Select Olympicscs1.Probability,
Olympicscs1.Account_Name as Client,
Olympicscs1.Champ,
Olympicscs1.Last_Modified_Date as Modified,format MMDDYY
Olympicscs1.Deal_Comments,
Olympicscs1.Tot_Budget format dollar20.,
Olympicscs2.Digi_Budget format dollar20.
FROM Olympicscs1,Olympicscs2
Where Olympicscs1.Probability=Olympicscs2.Prob_Digi and
Olympicscs1.Account_Name=Olympicscs2.Account_Name and Olympicscs1.Probability NE 0
ORDER BY Olympicscs1.Probability;
quit;

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